Issue 27, July 04, 2011
Vol. 3, Issue: 27, 7/4/11
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The report consists of four components:
- Top Ten Articles of the Week
- CDC-authored publications
- Key scientific articles in featured topic areas (this week featuring Food Safety)
- Public health articles noted in the media
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Top Ten Articles of the Week
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Chronic Diseases and Conditions
- National, regional, and global trends in fasting plasma glucose and diabetes prevalence since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 370 country-years and 2.7 million participantsexternal icon
Danaei G, Finucane MM, Lu Y, Singh GM, Cowan MJ, Paciorek CJ, Lin JK, Farzadfar F, Khang YH, Stevens GA, Rao M, Ali MK, Riley LM, Robinson CA, Ezzati M.
Lancet. 2011 Jun 24.
- National, regional, and global trends in fasting plasma glucose and diabetes prevalence since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 370 country-years and 2.7 million participantsexternal icon
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Disaster Control and Emergency Services
- Use of epidemiological data and direct bioassay for prioritization of affected populations in a large-scale radiation emergencyexternal icon
Miller CW, Ansari A, Martin C, Chang A, Buzzell J, Whitcomb RC.
Health Phys. 2011 Aug;101(2):209-15.
- Use of epidemiological data and direct bioassay for prioritization of affected populations in a large-scale radiation emergencyexternal icon
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Food Safety
- Year-round prevalence of norovirus in the environment of catering companies without a recently reported outbreak of gastroenteritisexternal icon
Boxman IL, Verhoef L, Dijkman R, Hagele G, Te Loeke NA, Koopmans M.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 May;77(9):2968-74.
- Unspecified gastroenteritis illness and deaths in the elderly associated with norovirus epidemicsexternal icon
van Asten L, Siebenga J, van den Wijngaard C, Verheij R, van Vliet H, Kretzschmar M, Boshuizen H, et al.
Epidemiology. 2011 May;22(3):336-43.
- Norovirus 3rd Generation kit: an improvement for rapid diagnosis of sporadic gastroenteritis cases and valuable for outbreak detectionexternal icon
Morillo SG, Luchs A, Cilli A, Ribeiro CD, Calux SJ, Carmona Rde C, Timenetsky Mdo C.
J Virol Methods. 2011 Apr;173(1):13-6.
- Year-round prevalence of norovirus in the environment of catering companies without a recently reported outbreak of gastroenteritisexternal icon
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Health Behavior and Risk
- Sexual behavior and HIV transmission risk of Ugandan adults taking antiretroviral therapy: 3 year follow-upexternal icon
Apondi R, Bunnell R, Ekwaru JP, Moore D, Bechange S, Khana K, King R, Campbell J, Tappero J, Mermin J.
Aids. 2011 Jun 19;25(10):1317-27.
- Sexual behavior and HIV transmission risk of Ugandan adults taking antiretroviral therapy: 3 year follow-upexternal icon
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Healthcare Associated Infections
- Using electronic health information to risk-stratify rates of Clostridium difficile infection in US hospitalsexternal icon
Zilberberg MD, Tabak YP, Sievert DM, Derby KG, Johannes RS, Sun X, McDonald LC.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 Jul;32(7):649-55.
- Using electronic health information to risk-stratify rates of Clostridium difficile infection in US hospitalsexternal icon
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Laboratory Sciences
- Population-based biochemistry, immunologic and hematological reference values for adolescents and young adults in a rural population in Western Kenyaexternal icon
Zeh C, Amornkul PN, Inzaule S, Ondoa P, Oyaro B, Mwaengo DM, Vandenhoudt H, Gichangi A, Williamson J, Thomas T, Decock KM, Hart C, Nkengasong J, Laserson K.
PLoS One. 2011 ;6(6):e21040.
- Population-based biochemistry, immunologic and hematological reference values for adolescents and young adults in a rural population in Western Kenyaexternal icon
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Maternal and Child Health
- Obstetric providers’ knowledge, awareness, and use of CDC’s HIV testing recommendations and One Test. Two Livesexternal icon
Green DR, Anderson BL, Burke MF, Griffith J, Schulkin J.
Matern Child Health J. 2011 Jun 29.
- Obstetric providers’ knowledge, awareness, and use of CDC’s HIV testing recommendations and One Test. Two Livesexternal icon
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Program Evaluation
- Evaluation of a comprehensive refresher training program in malaria microscopy covering four districts of Ugandaexternal icon
Kiggundu M, Nsobya SL, Kamya MR, Filler S, Nasr S, Dorsey G, Yeka A.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 May;84(5):820-4.
- Evaluation of a comprehensive refresher training program in malaria microscopy covering four districts of Ugandaexternal icon
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CDC Authored Publications
The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.
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Chronic Diseases and Conditions
- Pediatricians’ and family physicians’ weight-related care of children in the U.S.external icon
Huang TT, Borowski LA, Liu B, Galuska DA, Ballard-Barbash R, Yanovski SZ, Olster DH, Atienza AA, Smith AW.
Am J Prev Med. 2011 Jul;41(1):24-32.
- U.S. primary care physicians’ diet-, physical activity-, and weight-related care of adult patientsexternal icon
Smith AW, Borowski LA, Liu B, Galuska DA, Signore C, Klabunde C, Huang TT, Krebs-Smith SM, Frank E, Pronk N, Ballard-Barbash R.
Am J Prev Med. 2011 Jul;41(1):33-42.
- Association of foot symptoms with self-reported and performance-based measures of physical function: the Johnston County osteoarthritis projectexternal icon
Golightly YM, Hannan MT, Shi XA, Helmick CG, Renner JB, Jordan JM.
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2011 May;63(5):654-9.
- Changes in mortality among United States adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in two national cohorts recruited during 1971 through 1975 and 1988 through 1994external icon
Ford ES, Mannino DM, Zhao G, Li C, Croft JB.
Chest. 2011 Jun 23.
- Chronic typhoid infection and the risk of biliary tract cancer and stones in Shanghai, Chinaexternal icon
Safaeian M, Gao YT, Sakoda LC, Quraishi SM, Rashid A, Wang BS, Chen J, Pruckler J, Mintz E, Hsing AW.
Infect Agent Cancer. 2011 ;6:6.
- Factors associated with asthma control among adults in five New England states, 2006-2007external icon
Nguyen K, Zahran H, Iqbal S, Peng J, Boulay E.
J Asthma. 2011 Jun 13.
- Cardiac arrest patients in the emergency department-National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2001-2007external icon
Valderrama AL, Fang J, Merritt RK, Hong Y.
Resuscitation. 2011 Jun 12.
- Pediatricians’ and family physicians’ weight-related care of children in the U.S.external icon
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Communicable Diseases
- Protection from smallpox: beyond immune biomarkers
Karem KL, Reynolds MG.
Future Virol. 2011 June;6 (6):709-719.
- Epidemiology of respiratory infections caused by atypical bacteria in two Kenyan refugee campsexternal icon
Kim C, Nyoka R, Ahmed JA, Winchell JM, Mitchell SL, Kariuki Njenga M, Auko E, Burton W, Breiman RF, Eidex RB.
J Immigr Minor Health. 2011 Jun 24.
- Older partner selection, sexual risk behaviour and unrecognised HIV infection among black and Latino men who have sex with menexternal icon
Joseph HA, Marks G, Belcher L, Millett GA, Stueve A, Bingham TA, Lauby J.
Sex Transm Infect. 2011 Jun 24.
- Protection from smallpox: beyond immune biomarkers
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Disaster Control and Emergency Services
- International workshop on emergency radiobioassay: considerations, gaps and recommendationsexternal icon
Li C, Inn KG, Jones R, Jourdain JR, Priest N, Wilkinson D, Sadi B, Ko R, Capello K, Kramer GH.
Health Phys. 2011 Aug;101(2):107-11.
- International workshop on emergency radiobioassay: considerations, gaps and recommendationsexternal icon
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Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
- Phylogenetic analysis of eastern equine encephalitis virus isolates from Floridaexternal icon
White GS, Pickett BE, Lefkowitz EJ, Johnson AG, Ottendorfer C, Stark LM, Unnasch TR.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 May;84(5):709-17.
- Bartonella seroprevalence in rural Thailandexternal icon
Bhengsri S, Baggett HC, Peruski LF, Morway C, Bai Y, Fisk TL, Sitdhirasdr A, Maloney SA, Dowell SF, Kosoy M.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2011 May;42(3):687-92.
- Phylogenetic analysis of eastern equine encephalitis virus isolates from Floridaexternal icon
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Environmental Health
- Evaluation of pot-chlorination of wells during a cholera outbreak, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, 2008
Cavallaro EC, Harris JR, Goia MS, Barrado JC, N?brega AA, Alvarenga J?nior IC, Silva AP, Sobel J, Mintz E.
J Water Health. 2011 ;9(2):394-402.
- Evaluation of pot-chlorination of wells during a cholera outbreak, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, 2008
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Health Behavior and Risk
- Racial/ethnic differences in US health behaviors: a decomposition analysisexternal icon
Dubowitz T, Heron M, Basurto-Davila R, Bird CE, Lurie N, Escarce JJ.
Am J Health Behav. 2011 May;35(3):290-304.
- Racial/ethnic differences in US health behaviors: a decomposition analysisexternal icon
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Health Communication and Education
- Gender-responsive programming and HIV prevention for women: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention perspectiveexternal icon
Koenig LJ, McCree DH.
Womens Health Issues. 2011 Jun 22.
- Gender-responsive programming and HIV prevention for women: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention perspectiveexternal icon
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Health Disparities
- Information, prices, and healthy lifestyle choices of adults: discussion
Chen Z.
Am J Agr Econ. 2011 ;93(2):387-388.
- Information, prices, and healthy lifestyle choices of adults: discussion
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Healthcare Associated Infections
- Faculty and resident physicians’ attitudes, perceptions, and knowledge about antimicrobial use and resistanceexternal icon
Abbo L, Sinkowitz-Cochran R, Smith L, Ariza-Heredia E, Gomez-Marin O, Srinivasan A, Hooton TM.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 Jul;32(7):714-8.
- Faculty and resident physicians’ attitudes, perceptions, and knowledge about antimicrobial use and resistanceexternal icon
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Immunity and Immunization
- Direct and indirect effects of rotavirus vaccination upon childhood hospitalizations in 3 US counties, 2006-2009external icon
Payne DC, Staat MA, Edwards KM, Szilagyi PG, Weinberg GA, Hall CB, Chappell J, Curns AT, Wikswo M, Tate JE, Lopman BA, Parashar UD.
Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Jun 23.
- Models of the impact of dengue vaccines: a review of current research and potential approachesexternal icon
Johansson MA, Hombach J, Cummings DA.
Vaccine. 2011 Jun 20.
- Direct and indirect effects of rotavirus vaccination upon childhood hospitalizations in 3 US counties, 2006-2009external icon
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Injury and Violence
- Childhood drowning and traditional rescue measures: case study from Matlab, Bangladeshexternal icon
Borse NN, Hyder AA, Streatfield PK, Arifeen SE, Bishai D.
Arch Dis Child. 2011 Jul;96(7):675-80.
- Adverse childhood experiences and sleep disturbances in adultsexternal icon
Chapman DP, Wheaton AG, Anda RF, Croft JB, Edwards VJ, Liu Y, Sturgis SL, Perry GS.
Sleep Med. 2011 Jun 23.
- Childhood drowning and traditional rescue measures: case study from Matlab, Bangladeshexternal icon
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Laboratory Sciences
- Pilus backbone protein PitB of Streptococcus pneumoniae contains stabilizing intramolecular isopeptide bondsexternal icon
Zahner D, Gandhi AR, Stuchlik O, Reed M, Pohl J, Stephens DS.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2011 Jun 10;409(3):526-31.
- Clinical breakpoints for the echinocandins and Candida revisited: integration of molecular, clinical, and microbiological data to arrive at species-specific interpretive criteriaexternal icon
Pfaller MA, Diekema DJ, Andes D, Arendrup MC, Brown SD, Lockhart SR, Motyl M, Perlin DS.
Drug Resist Updat. 2011 Jun;14(3):164-176.
- Inhibition of xanthine oxidase reduces oxidative stress and improves skeletal muscle function in response to electrically stimulated isometric contractions in aged miceexternal icon
Ryan MJ, Jackson JR, Hao Y, Leonard SS, Alway SE.
Free Radic Biol Med. 2011 Jul 1;51(1):38-52.
- Secondary cell wall polysaccharides from Bacillus cereus strains G9241, 03BB87 and 03BB102 causing fatal pneumonia share similar glycosyl structures with the polysaccharides from Bacillus anthracisexternal icon
Forsberg LS, Choudhury B, Leoff C, Marston CK, Hoffmaster AR, Saile E, Quinn CP, Kannenberg EL, Carlson RW.
Glycobiology. 2011 Jul;21(7):934-48.
- Spray-dried doxorubicin-albumin microparticulate systems for treatment of multidrug resistant melanomasexternal icon
Jones AK, Bejugam NK, Nettey H, Addo R, D’Souza MJ.
J Drug Target. 2011 Jul;19(6):427-33.
- Efficient DNA extraction for HPV genotyping in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissuesexternal icon
Steinau M, Patel SS, Unger ER.
J Mol Diagn. 2011 Jul;13(4):377-81.
- Characterization of the murine Th2 response to immunization with liposomal M2e influenza vaccineexternal icon
Adler-Moore J, Munoz M, Kim H, Romero J, Tumpey T, Zeng H, Petro C, Ernst W, Kosina S, Jimenez G, Fujii G.
Vaccine. 2011 Jun 15;29(27):4460-8.
- Serological diagnostics of hepatitis E virus infectionexternal icon
Khudyakov Y, Kamili S.
Virus Res. 2011 Jun 15.
- Pilus backbone protein PitB of Streptococcus pneumoniae contains stabilizing intramolecular isopeptide bondsexternal icon
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Occupational Safety and Health
- Thyroxine and free thyroxine levels in workers occupationally exposed to inorganic lead
Bledsoe M, Pinkerton L, Silver S, Deddens J, Biagini R.
Environ Health Insights. 2011 ;5:55-61.
- Occupational exposure to diisononyl phthalate (DiNP) in polyvinyl chloride processing operationsexternal icon
Hines CJ, Hopf NB, Deddens JA, Silva MJ, Calafat AM.
Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2011 Jun 24.
- Parents: an under-realized resource for protecting working adolescentsexternal icon
Castillo DN.
J Adolesc Health. 2011 Jul;49(1):5-6.
- Relationship between pulmonary and systemic markers of exposure to multiple types of welding particulate matterexternal icon
Erdely A, Salmen-Muniz R, Liston A, Hulderman T, Zeidler-Erdely PC, Antonini JM, Simeonova PP.
Toxicology. 2011 Jun 17.
- Thyroxine and free thyroxine levels in workers occupationally exposed to inorganic lead
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Parasitic Diseases
- Antitrypanosomal therapy for chronic Chagas’ diseaseexternal icon
Bern C.
N Engl J Med. 2011 Jun 30;364(26):2527-34.
- Antitrypanosomal therapy for chronic Chagas’ diseaseexternal icon
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Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Association between depression and inflammation–differences by race and sex: the META-Health Studyexternal icon
Morris AA, Zhao L, Ahmed Y, Stoyanova N, De Staercke C, Hooper WC, Gibbons G, Din-Dzietham R, Quyyumi A, Vaccarino V.
Psychosom Med. 2011 Jun 28.
- Association between depression and inflammation–differences by race and sex: the META-Health Studyexternal icon
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Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas
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Food Safety
- Human norovirus inactivation in oysters by high hydrostatic pressure processing: a randomized, double-blinded clinical trialexternal icon
Leon JS, Kingsley DH, Montes JS, Richards GP, Lyon GM, Abdulhafid GM, Seitz SR, et al.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 Jun 24.
- Strain-dependent norovirus bioaccumulation in oystersexternal icon
Maalouf H, Schaeffer J, Parnaudeau S, Le Pendu J, Atmar RL, Crawford SE, Le Guyader FS.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 May;77(10):3189-96.
- Enhanced sanitization of a human norovirus surrogate in fresh vegetables and fruits by a combination of surfactants and sanitizersexternal icon
Predmore A, Li J.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 May 27.
- Grape seed extract for control of human enteric virusesexternal icon
Su X, D’Souza DH.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 Jun;77(12):3982-7.
- Ozone inactivation of norovirus surrogates on fresh produceexternal icon
Hirneisen KA, Markland SM, Kniel KE.
J Food Prot. 2011 May;74(5):836-9.
- Norovirus GII-4 causes a more severe gastroenteritis than other noroviruses in young childrenexternal icon
Huhti L, Szakal ED, Puustinen L, Salminen M, Huhtala H, Valve O, Blazevic V, et al.
J Infect Dis. 2011 May 15;203(10):1442-4.
- Identification of a sporozoite-specific antigen from Toxoplasma gondiiexternal icon
Hill D, Coss C, Dubey JP, Wroblewski K, Sautter M, Hosten T, Munoz-Zanzi C, et al.
J Parasitol. 2011 Apr;97(2):328-37.
- Prevalence of antibody to Toxoplasma gondii and Trichinella spp. in feral pigs (Sus scrofa) of eastern North Carolinaexternal icon
Sandfoss M, DePerno C, Patton S, Flowers J, Kennedy-Stoskopf S.
J Wildl Dis. 2011 Apr;47(2):338-43.
- The draft genome of the parasitic nematode Trichinella spiralisexternal icon
Mitreva M, Jasmer DP, Zarlenga DS, Wang Z, Abubucker S, Martin J, Taylor CM, et al.
Nat Genet. 2011 Mar;43(3):228-35.
- Polyparasitism is associated with increased disease severity in Toxoplasma gondii-infected marine sentinel speciesexternal icon
Gibson AK, Raverty S, Lambourn DM, Huggins J, Magargal SL, Grigg ME.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011 May;5(5):e1142.
- Human norovirus inactivation in oysters by high hydrostatic pressure processing: a randomized, double-blinded clinical trialexternal icon
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Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
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MMWR in the Media
- Adult blood lead epidemiology and surveillance – United States, 2008-2009external icon
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Jul 1;60(25):841-5.
- Occupational aviation fatalities — Alaska, 2000–2010external icon
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Jul 1;60(25):837-40.
- Adult blood lead epidemiology and surveillance – United States, 2008-2009external icon
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Chronic Diseases and Conditions
- Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and the risk of nonmelanoma and melanoma skin cancer: post hoc analyses of the Women’s Health Initiative Randomized Controlled Trialexternal icon
Tang JY, Fu T, Leblanc E, Manson JE, Feldman D, Linos E, Vitolins MZ, Zeitouni NC, Larson J, Stefanick ML.
J Clin Oncol. 2011 Jun 27.
- Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and the risk of nonmelanoma and melanoma skin cancer: post hoc analyses of the Women’s Health Initiative Randomized Controlled Trialexternal icon
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Healthcare Economics
- Paid malpractice claims for adverse events in inpatient and outpatient settingsexternal icon
Bishop TF, Ryan AK, Casalino LP.
JAMA. 2011 Jun 15;305(23):2427-31.
- Paid malpractice claims for adverse events in inpatient and outpatient settingsexternal icon
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